By the way...National Geographic's November 2011 issue on reindeer herders brought me here to find out what "yoiking" is. From previous comments I'm not the only one that notices similarities in music throughout the world. I think that is terrific! The Saami people are beautiful and I'd love to visit the lands they are from and learn more. There is a draw to that part of the world and the shaman beliefs. Past lives, maybe, or genetic memories... : )
...wow...I LOVE THIS! The more indigenous music I listen to from around the world, the more similarities I hear. Parts remind me of my small Cherokee heritage, Tuvan throat singing (Huun Huur Tu), and pieces from other wonderful world music. Personally, it was great finding this on October 31st, summer's end, stock-taking and preparation for the cold winter months ahead. I think some Norse/Viking genes in my blood sing these songs, too! Awesome find and Thank You for posting!
Oh my! This song is awesome! I love it! Thanks for sharing. I listen a lot to joik (the one I am able to get somewhere) but I haven't heard Solveig Andersson yet!
I'm partly of Enare Sami origin and agree that the adoption of christianity were a big mistake. Excellent jojk by Solveig Andersson. Reminds Me of those amerindians and Hallmark Channel.
i love the musci and tradictional way to exprex from the indigenous people, please if someone havemore music or tradiconal shamanismo way to expres , please send me this infirmation...
you can search for the artists Wimme (Wimme Saari), Ulla Pirttijärvi and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää for shamanistic Sámi singing from Lappland. They combine instruments and modern elements to their music but they still use their voice absolutely in an ancient way, like I can imagine that early shamans really sang.
Love the Sami... saw the movie Pathfinder... great movie and great story... we are all connected in the Four Directions... The Prayers of the Native Elder of the World keep Mother Earth in Balance... We need our Young people to remember this... Blessing to all... Let us continue to be connected...
Today it is the Sami day in Sweden :) Perfect way to celebrate, listening to jojk. The Sami are older than the Swedes, but they were opressed when christianity came here...it is a shame.
The priests thought their jojk and drums could summon Satan, and some sami people stopped to jojk so that they wouldn't be shut out from society.
But the northern and eastern sami still use this beautiful tradition. I am not sami, but I love nature; therefore I love and respect them too.
mjo, ska man vara petig så är ju "sverige-samerna" bara en av några "stammar" som utgör svenskarna. svenskar är bara en term för alla folk bosatta i sverige. under stormaktstiden var tex finnarna "svenskar", men fortfarande finländska. nu har ju den kollektiva termen existerat i så många hundra om inte tusen år att den i princip ersatt de tidigare. det gör dock fortfarande uttrycket "äldre än svenskarna" till en paradox. det e som att säga att irländarna är äldre än britterna.
@EyelessEntity The sami are older than the swedes? Get over your self you racist. There is no scientific basis for such a claim. Just pure ignorance. Read some history and archeology.
@aneeko hur kan det vara rasistiskt? Och varför skriver du till mig på engelska när jag också är svensk? Jag har inga referenser för att jag har glömt källan sedan länge, men den påstod att samerna kom till kontinenten för ca 3000-5000 år sedan vilket är väldigt grovt uppskattat 2000-4000 år innan Sverige ens existerade som land officiellt. Den tidigaste referensen på svear är germanstammen suiones omkring år 500-600. Det verkar dock finnas tvivel om de ens kan relateras till dagens svenskar.
@aneeko Men om du vet något som jag har missat så får du gärna säga till vad det är som är så skevt. Jag har inget emot att lära mig nya saker. Men jag förstår fortfarande inte hur jag kan vara en rasist om jag påstår att samerna funnits här längre än oss.
@EyelessEntity Sen utgick jag från, felaktigt visade det sig, att du var en i raden av chauvinistiska samer som ser sig själva i förhållande mot finnar, norrmän, ryssar och svenskar på ett sätt som historisk och arkeologisk forskning inte medger. En diskussion om samisk nationalism är dock ett helt annat ämne.
@aneeko Eftersom du skrev på engelska svarade jag på engelska. Första skrivna källan till svearna är daterat till första århundradet (Pliny (grek) och Tacitus (rommare)). Kollar man dock till arkeologi så kan man se en oavbruten kulturell linje som är långt äldre än 5000 år gammal. Det finns inga skrivna källor till samerna som är så gamla som 3000-5000 år gamla, så varför du ställer arkeologiska bevis mot skriftliga bevis är över mig.
@Finnt3hViking The indo-european languages probably spread through a forced cultural diffusion where a small number of invaders imposed their IE-language on the population of southern scandinavia. Which means that the swedes or norweigans was there long before the germanic language reached them. They simply just adopted the language of their new rulers. The theory of replacement has long since been severly disproven. So there where no massive IE-immigration.
@aneeko It is debated if there was much violance involved in the spread even. There is no evidence of grand massive attack. IE language most likely spread with the spread of the tamed horse and wagon from the Eurasian stepps these semi nomadic and mobile folk would have easly been able to create trade routes and becomed and economic and cultural force to count on. That is one should not say there was nevrer any violance but not so much as previously thought.
@wiegje Yes, it is a shame that too many people claim themselves to be pure christians when they cannot even follow a single guideline the moment the close the damned book.
from the beginning all saami people where hunters and fishing people, the reindeer tradition become later..
the oldest saami history is from the forest they lived only in the forest and didnt moved so far as the saamis in the mountins that move from mountin to forest every year..
Saami lived in the south of sweden too called Västmanland, Dalarna, Gästrikland as sockenlappar, or they took work as horse butchers, make ropes and that to the farmers..
@warezguy4ever Oh, I know that the reindeer farming tradition isn't that old; However seeing as you come from USA I am impressed you know so much specifically about the saami, guess you have studied quite a lot? Or perhaps have some relatives in Sweden?
@EyelessEntity So true if you love nature you'll love this music it touches every fibre of your body !!! Amazing!!! I just discovered it an hour ago, through a video of Ray Mears in Sweden and a woman was talking about the jojk. Music keeps surprising me every day. Greetings from Gent
the last dude i heard sang like a Mohawk=deep gutteral vocals! but this singer sing like a Navajo=high nasal vocals! Saami have neat versatile language! :D
Er, no, its not Native American, its from ancient Swedish Culture. Some African mythologies are similar to Swedish mythologies but this doesn't mean they copied one another, or were inspired by one another, it just means there are so many different cultures and ways of being in the world, sometimes there are similarities.
many of the circumpolar culture are similar, because they are tapping into the same spirit and dealing with the same animals, plants, and landscapes. Reindeer and Red Deer are called Caribou and Elk in North America, bison/bufallo used to exist in europe (small numbers still do actually) etc. We should be proud of the spiritual cultures that have lasted for thousands, even tens of thousands of years.
yeh, I see what you mean. in this instance that is far truer than what I said. I guess my statement was more of a generalisation: Cultures that share no geographical similarites also have similarites. mmm
Everyday I feel zingy and inspired by the never ending versions of the worlds humane value systems. viva la cultures!
Have no fears, homogenisation . . .pah! the spirit is too inspirational to allow one defiant overwhelming or stubborn version to take over . . .
Er, no, not just sweden... norway mostly, sweden, finland and russia. and WE ARE NOT RELATED TO THE SWEDISH OR ANY EUROPEAN CULTURE WE ARE URALIC! related to the siberians.
That was just one example, the one I know about. I can't talk about what I don't know. There's no reason to get hoping mad and write in capitals as if to imply you are shouting at me, you over zealous absurdly patriotic idiot.
thumbs up om du är från kunskapsskolan enskede
KittehCatGang 2 months ago 5
@KittehCatGang 3 :D
KittehCatGang 2 months ago
This is stunningly beautiful.
MountainWoman68 2 months ago
esa musica es como un grito contra las resistências, una fuerza de libertad.
giuliennorge 3 months ago
Not that I understand a word she is saying, but it feels like "This is what we are, and always will be, this is our land, and always will be".
Ruohttas 3 months ago
By the way...National Geographic's November 2011 issue on reindeer herders brought me here to find out what "yoiking" is. From previous comments I'm not the only one that notices similarities in music throughout the world. I think that is terrific! The Saami people are beautiful and I'd love to visit the lands they are from and learn more. There is a draw to that part of the world and the shaman beliefs. Past lives, maybe, or genetic memories... : )
chuckula66 4 months ago
...wow...I LOVE THIS! The more indigenous music I listen to from around the world, the more similarities I hear. Parts remind me of my small Cherokee heritage, Tuvan throat singing (Huun Huur Tu), and pieces from other wonderful world music. Personally, it was great finding this on October 31st, summer's end, stock-taking and preparation for the cold winter months ahead. I think some Norse/Viking genes in my blood sing these songs, too! Awesome find and Thank You for posting!
chuckula66 4 months ago
wonderful, thanks for this upload
carefullycollected 5 months ago
which means the symbol of 1:51?????
fishthekit 7 months ago 2
@fishthekit I think its the Pathfinder!
bernhardtsen74 6 months ago
Oh my! This song is awesome! I love it! Thanks for sharing. I listen a lot to joik (the one I am able to get somewhere) but I haven't heard Solveig Andersson yet!
Svalbardia 7 months ago
Skön jojk.....
MrStormvind 9 months ago
this sounds like native american music ....beautiful!
mello4eva 11 months ago 3
Is there a collection of traditional Saami art anywhere on the internet? Or does someone know an artist that can paint up something for my wall?
froggerteeth 1 year ago
I'm partly of Enare Sami origin and agree that the adoption of christianity were a big mistake. Excellent jojk by Solveig Andersson. Reminds Me of those amerindians and Hallmark Channel.
ShahMashya 1 year ago
wundervoll.... ich will da hin wo die menschen noch so etwas fühlen und singen können...
Mrbuzebuze 1 year ago
i love the musci and tradictional way to exprex from the indigenous people, please if someone havemore music or tradiconal shamanismo way to expres , please send me this infirmation...
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saviaselva 1 year ago
@saviaselva
you can search for the artists Wimme (Wimme Saari), Ulla Pirttijärvi and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää for shamanistic Sámi singing from Lappland. They combine instruments and modern elements to their music but they still use their voice absolutely in an ancient way, like I can imagine that early shamans really sang.
liisasuomesta 1 year ago
@liisasuomesta Thanks for posting those artist names. :D
Finnt3hViking 1 year ago
Pretty amazing.. :3
AnimeKramkalas1996 1 year ago
Love the Sami... saw the movie Pathfinder... great movie and great story... we are all connected in the Four Directions... The Prayers of the Native Elder of the World keep Mother Earth in Balance... We need our Young people to remember this... Blessing to all... Let us continue to be connected...
MrJorge7554 1 year ago
most powerful... spirit.... life of the life... sacrum... ceremony of emanations... great...
zephir332 1 year ago
Jag älskar denna vackra jojk och undrar vart man skall resa för att få lyssna på Solveig Andersson live...
gunmaria 1 year ago
@gunmaria
sapmi3 1 year ago
do you have any idea where I can buy this song?
rachelseagroatt 1 year ago
Beautiful!!!
jakkolicious 1 year ago
I like the ancient, traditional sami synthesizer sounds
Matfrid 1 year ago
She's actually singing a little in swedish, at one point she said "Solen kommer" which means "The sun is coming." :D
CatBlackeye 1 year ago
I love this, gave me goosebumps all over!
LizTiddington 1 year ago
This is lovely!
boatgoat1965 1 year ago
herligt... bare, herligt. :)
Nazgul100 1 year ago
national minoritet O,o
danneman1981 1 year ago
Ihailen saamelaisten.
wallyb77 1 year ago
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wallyb77 1 year ago
Fina bilder !
Scandicdream 2 years ago
bjiejjie = sun.
Today it is the Sami day in Sweden :) Perfect way to celebrate, listening to jojk. The Sami are older than the Swedes, but they were opressed when christianity came here...it is a shame.
The priests thought their jojk and drums could summon Satan, and some sami people stopped to jojk so that they wouldn't be shut out from society.
But the northern and eastern sami still use this beautiful tradition. I am not sami, but I love nature; therefore I love and respect them too.
EyelessEntity 2 years ago 62
The Sami people had no relationship with any idea of satan,to them nature and her forces
where not percieved of as evil,like christians do,even today.
They did however come to include "him" on their noidi drums,as a precaution (i think), against this evil that the christians so firmly believed in.
Teleterkji 2 years ago
definera "older"
kaffekalas 2 years ago
med äldre menar jag att samerna har levt här längre än vad Sverige har existerat som land.
EyelessEntity 2 years ago
och? svear och götar är äldre än sverige
kaffekalas 2 years ago
ja...jo det kan jag ju ha fel om...
Men är det inte så att samerna kom till sverige för typ 5000 år sedan, åtminstone 2500?
Svear finns såvitt jag vet omnämnda om kring år 500, kanske tidigare, och det borde ju göra samer äldre. men som sagt, jag kan ju ha fel...
EyelessEntity 2 years ago
mjo, ska man vara petig så är ju "sverige-samerna" bara en av några "stammar" som utgör svenskarna. svenskar är bara en term för alla folk bosatta i sverige. under stormaktstiden var tex finnarna "svenskar", men fortfarande finländska. nu har ju den kollektiva termen existerat i så många hundra om inte tusen år att den i princip ersatt de tidigare. det gör dock fortfarande uttrycket "äldre än svenskarna" till en paradox. det e som att säga att irländarna är äldre än britterna.
kaffekalas 2 years ago
hmm, kanske det då...men de är ju ändå ett eget folkslag med en egen flagga. Jag tror att de skulle föredra att bli kallade samer framför svenskar...
Men en poäng har du iaf.
EyelessEntity 2 years ago
@EyelessEntity The sami are older than the swedes? Get over your self you racist. There is no scientific basis for such a claim. Just pure ignorance. Read some history and archeology.
aneeko 1 year ago
@aneeko hur kan det vara rasistiskt? Och varför skriver du till mig på engelska när jag också är svensk? Jag har inga referenser för att jag har glömt källan sedan länge, men den påstod att samerna kom till kontinenten för ca 3000-5000 år sedan vilket är väldigt grovt uppskattat 2000-4000 år innan Sverige ens existerade som land officiellt. Den tidigaste referensen på svear är germanstammen suiones omkring år 500-600. Det verkar dock finnas tvivel om de ens kan relateras till dagens svenskar.
EyelessEntity 1 year ago
@aneeko Men om du vet något som jag har missat så får du gärna säga till vad det är som är så skevt. Jag har inget emot att lära mig nya saker. Men jag förstår fortfarande inte hur jag kan vara en rasist om jag påstår att samerna funnits här längre än oss.
EyelessEntity 1 year ago
@EyelessEntity Sen utgick jag från, felaktigt visade det sig, att du var en i raden av chauvinistiska samer som ser sig själva i förhållande mot finnar, norrmän, ryssar och svenskar på ett sätt som historisk och arkeologisk forskning inte medger. En diskussion om samisk nationalism är dock ett helt annat ämne.
aneeko 1 year ago
@aneeko Eftersom du skrev på engelska svarade jag på engelska. Första skrivna källan till svearna är daterat till första århundradet (Pliny (grek) och Tacitus (rommare)). Kollar man dock till arkeologi så kan man se en oavbruten kulturell linje som är långt äldre än 5000 år gammal. Det finns inga skrivna källor till samerna som är så gamla som 3000-5000 år gamla, så varför du ställer arkeologiska bevis mot skriftliga bevis är över mig.
aneeko 1 year ago
@aneeko The saami were there pre-indo-european migration.
Finnt3hViking 1 year ago
@Finnt3hViking The indo-european languages probably spread through a forced cultural diffusion where a small number of invaders imposed their IE-language on the population of southern scandinavia. Which means that the swedes or norweigans was there long before the germanic language reached them. They simply just adopted the language of their new rulers. The theory of replacement has long since been severly disproven. So there where no massive IE-immigration.
aneeko 1 year ago
@aneeko Not a massive immigration. It happened in small waves, the exact same way you suggested.
Finnt3hViking 1 year ago
@aneeko It is debated if there was much violance involved in the spread even. There is no evidence of grand massive attack. IE language most likely spread with the spread of the tamed horse and wagon from the Eurasian stepps these semi nomadic and mobile folk would have easly been able to create trade routes and becomed and economic and cultural force to count on. That is one should not say there was nevrer any violance but not so much as previously thought.
Eopyk 1 year ago
@EyelessEntity Ah yes... christianity... such a fun religion and so friendly to all others that don't think like them.
wiegje 1 year ago 2
@wiegje Yes, it is a shame that too many people claim themselves to be pure christians when they cannot even follow a single guideline the moment the close the damned book.
EyelessEntity 1 year ago
@EyelessEntity
from the beginning all saami people where hunters and fishing people, the reindeer tradition become later..
the oldest saami history is from the forest they lived only in the forest and didnt moved so far as the saamis in the mountins that move from mountin to forest every year..
Saami lived in the south of sweden too called Västmanland, Dalarna, Gästrikland as sockenlappar, or they took work as horse butchers, make ropes and that to the farmers..
warezguy4ever 1 year ago
@warezguy4ever Oh, I know that the reindeer farming tradition isn't that old; However seeing as you come from USA I am impressed you know so much specifically about the saami, guess you have studied quite a lot? Or perhaps have some relatives in Sweden?
EyelessEntity 1 year ago
@EyelessEntity
Christianity hold the civilization a thousand years back.....
oetzi0000 10 months ago
@EyelessEntity
Sápmi sápmelaččaide!
ChiaraVibeke 9 months ago 2
@EyelessEntity So true if you love nature you'll love this music it touches every fibre of your body !!! Amazing!!! I just discovered it an hour ago, through a video of Ray Mears in Sweden and a woman was talking about the jojk. Music keeps surprising me every day. Greetings from Gent
WHAMO001 7 months ago
one can only hope that cultures and songs as these will never be forgotten...
DarkValyria 2 years ago
the last dude i heard sang like a Mohawk=deep gutteral vocals! but this singer sing like a Navajo=high nasal vocals! Saami have neat versatile language! :D
acerb45666555 2 years ago
magical...
Tjahzi 2 years ago 11
not native american, but we sami are uralic, we decended from the same people as the native americans, siberian cultures are practically the same..
Darkstorms15 2 years ago
"At the end only so many will remain as can sit round a drum."
W G Sebald
teamcrumb 2 years ago
it was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lost0in0time 2 years ago
Very Exotic video and beautiful!
megsingingmeow 2 years ago
Buaregh!! Din jojk var bra. Du jojkar din anmoder maaderaahka...och solen...?
nuenjetteme 2 years ago
it's poweful. n beautiful mystical. aa me like.
sirtalkalot85 3 years ago 2
Maahteraahka
solande69 3 years ago
I feel this is native american inspired, is this correct?
Lappoid123 3 years ago
actually its sami which is the native swedish/norwegian/finnish people
Tjarn110 3 years ago
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Yes, I am quite aware of that (notice my nick), still I feel maybe the rhytm is native american inspired.
Lappoid123 3 years ago
actually these rhythms are common on a global scale amongst native cultures
Nanain 3 years ago
Thank you Nanain:)
solande69 3 years ago
You are not aware of nothing. You don´t now me and the real samicoulture for shore....
solande69 3 years ago
Sure, I dont know you and much of the joik tradition is no longer in my family, but who are you to tell me what really sami culture is?
Lappoid123 3 years ago
Maahteraahka
solande69 3 years ago
why? do you think they got together over coffee 3000 years ago?
valhoundmom 2 years ago
Nope!
solande69 3 years ago
Er, no, its not Native American, its from ancient Swedish Culture. Some African mythologies are similar to Swedish mythologies but this doesn't mean they copied one another, or were inspired by one another, it just means there are so many different cultures and ways of being in the world, sometimes there are similarities.
teamcrumb 3 years ago
many of the circumpolar culture are similar, because they are tapping into the same spirit and dealing with the same animals, plants, and landscapes. Reindeer and Red Deer are called Caribou and Elk in North America, bison/bufallo used to exist in europe (small numbers still do actually) etc. We should be proud of the spiritual cultures that have lasted for thousands, even tens of thousands of years.
wkjohnston 2 years ago
yeh, I see what you mean. in this instance that is far truer than what I said. I guess my statement was more of a generalisation: Cultures that share no geographical similarites also have similarites. mmm
Everyday I feel zingy and inspired by the never ending versions of the worlds humane value systems. viva la cultures!
Have no fears, homogenisation . . .pah! the spirit is too inspirational to allow one defiant overwhelming or stubborn version to take over . . .
teamcrumb 2 years ago
Er, no, not just sweden... norway mostly, sweden, finland and russia. and WE ARE NOT RELATED TO THE SWEDISH OR ANY EUROPEAN CULTURE WE ARE URALIC! related to the siberians.
Darkstorms15 2 years ago
That was just one example, the one I know about. I can't talk about what I don't know. There's no reason to get hoping mad and write in capitals as if to imply you are shouting at me, you over zealous absurdly patriotic idiot.
teamcrumb 2 years ago 3
Wonderful!
Life!
T8gUBA5 3 years ago
grymt bra solveig!
lappsnusk 3 years ago
tithe mow tjidtje ( :
sapmi3 3 years ago
ECDT1 WAS HERE
sw0nne 3 years ago
Woderful video and song! :)
amadahi 3 years ago
I love this, proud samisk peoples!!!
josse65 3 years ago